Carbureter.



PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906'.

V. MORRISON. CARBURETER APPLIOATION FILED D110. 29, 1905.

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VAUGHN MORRISON, OF OOLERIDGE, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LOUISH. OSTERMAN, OF OOLERIDGE, NEBRASKA.

CARBURETER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 0012.12, 1906.

Application filed December 29,1905. Serial No. 293.813.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VAUGHN Monnison, a citizen of the United States,residing at Coleridge, in the county of Cedar and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oarbureters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference'is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view, mainly insection, showing a carbureter embodying the invention and a service-pipeleading therefrom to the light, which is supplied by gas generated bythe carbureter. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through themixing-chamber to bring out more clearly the arrangement and formationof the parts therein. 1

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the figures of the drawings by the samereference characters.

This invention embodies novel improvements in carbureters, and thedetail construction and advantages thereof will appear more fully as thedescription proceeds.

In carrying out the invention, and referring to the drawings, thenumeral 1 desig nates a hydrocarbon-supply tank of any suitable size andform and adapted to receive gasolene or other liquid carbon through asuitable inlet 2 at its upper end, a plug 3. normally closing saidinlet. The bottom 4 of the tank 1 is elevated from the support uponwhich the tank may be disposed by means of the provision of legs 5, andarranged beneath the tank is a small float-reservoir 6, in which islocated float-regulating means for governsupply of liquid carbon passingto a mixing-chamber 7 from the supply-tank 1. The arrangement of thereservoir 6 is conducive to compactness and convenience, said reservoirbeing connected with the tank 1 by means of a supply-pipe 8, the upperend of which communicates with the interior of tank 1 at 9 and the lowerend of which extends horizontally into the reservoir 6 through a side ofthe latter. The lower end portion of the pipe 8 supports a valve-casing10, and a valve 11, mounted in said casing, is adapted to seat andunseat with reference to a valve-seat 12 adjacent thereto. The valvestem13 of the valve 11 is connected with one end of a lever 14, at theopposite end of which is attached a suitable float 15. The lever 14 ispivoted at a point between its ends, as shown at 16, to a bracket 17,which is secured to and projects upwardly from the valve-casing 10. Themixing-chamber 7 comprises a compartment of suitable size for thepurposes of the invention, said compartment being obtained by theprovision of a receptacle 18 at one side of the tank 1 and connected atits lower portion by a horizontal pipe 19 with the reservoir 6. Locatedin the mixingchamber 7 are a plurality of circular wicks 20 of differentdiameters and arranged concentrio with relation to one another. When themachine is in operation, the wicks 20 are partially submerged in theliquid carbon supplied to the mixingchamber, and those portions thereofwhich are not submerged absorb the liquid carbon and afford a maximumamount of evaporating-surface to facilitate vaporization or atomizationof the hydrocarbon as air under pressure is forced into themixingchamber through a vertical air-pipe 21. The air-pipe 21 leads fromthe top of the receptacle 18 centrally thereof and projects into thesame sufficiently far to terminate within the space encircled by theinnermost wick 20, a cap 22 being applied to the lower end of pipe 21and having vertical and lateral apertures 23, through which the airpasses and is forced against the wicks 20 in such a way as to thoroughlysaturate the air with the gases arising from the liquid carbon toproduce thorough vaporization. the vaporized fluid or gas may passthrough a suitable service-pipe 24 to various points of utilization,such a point being illustrated by the light 25, which is of the commonWelsbach type. If desirable, the gas may be spread at the light 25 bymeans of a suitable spreader in form of a plate 26.

The operation of the regulatoris simple, as it will be seen that apredetermined level of liquid carbon will be maintained in the reservoir6 and mixing-chamber 7 by the float mechanism 15, and when thefloatlowers the valve 11 will be opened to permit hydrocar- From themixing-chamber 7' bon from the supply-tank 1 to pass into .the reservoir6 and thence into pipe 19 into the mixing chamber 7. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In acarburetor, the combination of a hydrocarbon-tank, supporting means forsaid tank whereby the bottom of the same is spaced from the support fromwhich it is disposed, a small float-reservoir arranged beneath thebottom of the tank and wholly housed thereby, a mixing-chamberarrangedat one side of the tank, air-supply means for therniXing-chamb'er, apipe connecting the reservoir and thehydrocarbon-tank and projectinglaterally through a side of said reservoir, a valve-casingsupported bythe portion of the pipe aforesaid, which is within the reservoir, andprovided with a vertical opening in its top, a valve .movable verticallythrough the opening in the top of the casing,

and adapted to'seat against the adjacent endof the pipe before mentionedfor the purpose set forth, a lever pivotally mounted on thevalve-casing, a float pivotally attached to the other end of the leverand disposed in the reservoir, and a pipe connecting the reservoir withthe mixing-chamber, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VAUGHN MORRISON. Witnesses: 0. R. APPLEGATE,

GEO. I. PARKER.

